I use the SQL Add-on to monitor SQL 2000/2005 SQL 2000 - a bit more setup to get the perf metrics working. Not sure I ever got this working on Windows 2000. On Windows 2003 is was much simpler. SQL 2005 - Again, works pretty good. I do have an SR open with oracle. It is my belief they are not collecting the right source data for Database space used. All my databases show less than a percent of free space when in actuality there is 90% plus free in each database. I have found support by Oracle a bit slow, and not very knowledgable when it comes to the plug-ins. Bradd Piontek Oracle Blog: http://piontekdd.blogspot.com Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/piontekdd On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Rich Jesse <rjoralist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey all, > > Keeping the OEM threads alive... > > Using SQL Server's version of Enterpise Manager or Management Studio to > monitor SSs is an inefficient, time-consuming, and sieve-like way to > manage. > > I've installed Grid Control 10.2.0.3.0 and am using it to monitor all of > our > 5 Oracle DBs (including XE and the OMS repository -- we're not that big). > Since our XE DB is on Win32, I've installed an Agent there and have > encountered the usual slew of Oracle-on-Windows issues coming from a Unix > environment, but nothing that's insurmountable. > > Does anyone use GC to monitor SQL Server 2K and/or 2K5? I installed the > SQL > Server plugin to GC and had deployed it to my laptop as a test, but with > very limited time, I'm afraid that my "testing" was empirical at best. And > then my laptop died a horrible death... > > At this point, I'm looking for feedback before spending the time to > reinstall everything I'd need to test. I'm not terribly interested in > performance metrics yet, but mostly centralized error/event notification. > Simple answers to: > > 1) Are you using GC to monitor SQL Server 2K/2K5 on Server 2K/2K3 (32bit)? > > 2) Why/not? > > 3) Any major gotchas? > > TIA! > Rich > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >